Ewart, James (Ewort)

Born: 1807-XX-XX Pennsylvania

Died: 1869-04-17 Cumberland County, Illinois

Flourished: Cumberland County, Illinois

Alternate name: Ewort

Ewart married Charlotte White in Butler County, Ohio, in 1829. In 1836, they settled in Greenup, Illinois, where Ewart, a physician, also served as postmaster, justice of the peace, and clerk of the Cumberland County Circuit Court. In 1850, Greenup gave his occupation as merchant, and he owned $5,000 worth of real estate.

Cumberland County Illinois, 1843-1993 (n.p., n.d.), 245-46; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Greenup, Cumberland County, IL, 290.